relinquish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   part with a possession or right

   I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest

2. 2
   verb

   To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

   to relinquish a title

3. 3
   verb

   To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.

   But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish.

4. 4
   verb

   To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

   The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.

5. 5
   verb

   release, as from one's grip

6. 6
   verb

   turn away from

7. 7
   verb

   do without or cease to hold or adhere to

8. 8
   verb

   To let go (free, away), physically release.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).